Overview
- Description
- The papers consist of an identification card for Fajwel Weinberg [donor's father] issued by the Arbeitsamt-Getto [Ghetto Labor Organization] in Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Poland, as well as two greeting cards for the New Year with photographs of the Weinberg family [Fajwel, Golda Kajla, Malka, Ester Hadasa, and Leon].
- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1942
- Collection Creator
- Leon Weinberg
- Biography
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Fajwel Weinberg lived in Łódź, Poland, and was in partnership with his brothers in the Weinberg Bakery. He was married to Golda Kajla, and they had two daughters, Malka and Ester Hadasa, and one son, Leon. All family members except for Leon perished during the Holocaust|Leon Weinberg was born on Jan. 9, 1925, in Łódź, Poland. When Leon was thirteen, a Jewish ghetto was established in Łódź, and he was retained there for four years. He was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp and was liberated at the age of twenty in 1945. After a brief return to Łódź, he left Poland and spent three years in a DP camp in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. In 1949, Leon Weinberg immigrated to the United States.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Greeting cards. Identification cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- Leon Weinberg papers is arranged in a single series.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
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Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Poland. Łódź (Poland)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Leon Weinberg donated the Leon Weinberg papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-04-19 10:45:37
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